“What’s in a leaf, a branch, a vine? Even before the eye settles in, John Brown’s photo-based work intrigues, then kindles the senses and the imagination. Fueled by observation, experimentation and discovery, his poetic musings transform recognizable objects into a transcendent interpretation of nature. 

Rooted in the physical world, his images are cloaked in ethereal and atmospheric beauty. They appear weightless, no longer bound by gravity, their purpose beckoning from a mysterious elsewhere.  It is this magnetic ambiguity between material and immaterial presence that animates his art."

—Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator